Washington State Senate
	Introduction and First Reading of Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
	2024 Regular Session of the 68th Legislature

DENNY HECK, President of the Senate		KAREN KEISER, President Pro Tem
SARAH BANNISTER, Secretary of the Senate		JOHN LOVICK, Vice President Pro Tem
February 12, 2024 - Monday		36TH DAY

FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
	ESHB 1248	By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Stonier, Harris, Senn, Simmons, Ryu, Reeves, Bergquist, Eslick, Pollet and Reed) Concerning pupil transportation. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	2ESHB 1371	By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Barkis, Leavitt, Orcutt, Fey, Barnard, Chapman, Low, Connors, Goehner, Chambers, Chandler, Couture, Griffey, Hutchins, Robertson, Volz, Walsh, Christian, Doglio, Schmick and Gregerson) Providing incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure. Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, GAMING & TRADE.
	2SHB 1391	By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Ramel, Doglio, Duerr, Berry, Pollet and Reed) Concerning energy in buildings. Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.
	E2SHB 1692	By House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations (originally sponsored by Representatives Bergquist, Christian, Gregerson, Santos, Pollet, Macri and Simmons) Creating student advisory groups. Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.
	HB 1752	By Representatives Dye, Dent, Graham and Eslick Modifying the application of the annual consumptive quantity calculation to change applications related to certain water rights held by the United States bureau of reclamation. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER, NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.
	SHB 1892	By House Committee on Housing (originally sponsored by Representatives Leavitt, Alvarado, Bateman, Peterson, Shavers, Reed, Fosse, Hackney, Barkis, Low, Eslick, Callan, Abbarno, Taylor, Klicker, Connors, Walen, Reeves, Ryu, Berry, Cortes, Stearns, Slatter, Duerr, Bronoske, Ramos, Ormsby, Barnard, Fey, Timmons, Kloba, Macri, Street, Chopp, Paul, Gregerson, Sandlin, Orwall, Bergquist, Goodman, Ortiz-Self, Nance, Santos and Pollet) Concerning the workforce housing accelerator program. Referred to Committee on HOUSING.
	SHB 1905	By House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards (originally sponsored by Representatives Mena, Senn, Berry, Cortes, Morgan, Ortiz-Self, Ramel, Ramos, Bateman, Reed, Ormsby, Callan, Kloba, Macri, Street, Gregerson, Doglio, Orwall, Bergquist, Goodman, Reeves, Lekanoff, Hackney, Fosse, Pollet, Davis and Simmons) Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act. Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.
	SHB 1915	By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Rude, Stonier, Connors, Riccelli, Couture, Senn, McEntire, Santos, Steele, Bergquist, Harris, Walen, McClintock, Eslick, Cheney, Thai, Ortiz-Self, Bronoske, Leavitt, Corry, Tharinger, Low, Ryu, Christian, Slatter, Schmidt, Ramel, Barkis, Ramos, Cortes, Morgan, Reed, Graham, Ormsby, Barnard, Jacobsen, Fey, Timmons, Callan, Rule, Street, Chopp, Doglio, Sandlin, Goodman, Caldier, Berg, Robertson, Wylie, Hutchins, Reeves, Lekanoff, Shavers, Davis and Griffey) Making financial education instruction a graduation prerequisite and a required component of public education. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	ESHB 1932	By House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations (originally sponsored by Representatives Gregerson, Farivar, Peterson, Alvarado, Berry, Ramel, Stearns, Mena, Bateman, Reed, Simmons, Ormsby, Macri, Street, Orwall, Goodman, Berg, Lekanoff, Reeves, Nance, Riccelli and Fosse) Shifting general elections for local governments to even-numbered years to increase voter participation. Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.
	HB 1946	By Representatives Eslick, Leavitt, Ryu, Slatter, Duerr, Ramos, Senn, Reed, Graham, Callan, Timmons, Macri, Paul, Harris, Lekanoff, Riccelli, Pollet and Davis Creating the Washington health corps behavioral health scholarship program. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
	SHB 1947	By House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations (originally sponsored by Representatives Street, Couture, Ryu, Gregerson, Reed, Ormsby and Reeves; by request of Consolidated Technology Services) Concerning the governance of technology services in state government, including eliminating the office of the chief information officer and renaming the consolidated technology services agency. Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.
	HB 1948	By Representatives Ybarra, Fitzgibbon, Reed, Graham, Ormsby, Doglio and Pollet Ensuring that methods for calculating the electric load of utilities under the energy independence act do not have the effect of discouraging voluntary investments in renewable power. Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.
	ESHB 1957	By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Riccelli, Macri, Ryu, Leavitt, Senn, Reed, Ormsby, Callan, Doglio, Fosse, Goodman, Lekanoff, Wylie, Pollet and Davis) Preserving coverage of preventive services without cost sharing. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.
	HB 1963	By Representatives Ramos, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Berry, Duerr, Reed, Callan, Donaghy and Hackney Prohibiting license plate covers. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	HB 1967	By Representatives Jacobsen, Couture, Graham and Caldier Excluding any person who is convicted of a hit and run resulting in death from being eligible for a first-time offender waiver. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	HB 1975	By Representatives Ortiz-Self, Ryu, Berry, Ramel, Reed, Simmons, Ormsby, Fey, Kloba, Macri, Street, Fosse, Bergquist, Reeves, Wylie and Pollet; by request of Employment Security Department Relieving individuals from paying interest on certain unemployment insurance overpayment assessments. Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.
	HB 1982	By Representatives Waters, Shavers, Ryu, Couture, Ramos, McClintock, Callan, Cheney, Doglio, Sandlin, Paul, Harris, Berg, Tharinger, Riccelli and Santos Concerning the authority of the community economic revitalization board with respect to loans and grants to political subdivisions and federally recognized Indian tribes for broadband. Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, GAMING & TRADE.
	HB 1983	By Representatives Simmons, Goodman, Reed and Davis Concerning the criminal justice treatment account. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SHB 1999	By House Committee on Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (originally sponsored by Representatives Orwall, Leavitt, Ryu, Duerr, Ramos, Morgan, Taylor, Ormsby, Graham, Callan, Rule, Street, Lekanoff, Reeves, Shavers and Davis) Concerning fabricated intimate or sexually explicit images and depictions. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	HB 2031	By Representatives Abbarno, Berry, Rude, Reed, Graham, Timmons, Donaghy, Fosse, Doglio, Riccelli and Reeves Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorder as an occupational disease for county coroners, examiners, and investigative personnel. Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.
	SHB 2056	By House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Cheney and Reeves; by request of Administrative Office of the Courts) Concerning information sharing and limited investigative authority of supreme court bailiffs. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	SHB 2061	By House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards (originally sponsored by Representatives Bronoske, Ramel, Berry, Reed, Fosse, Lekanoff, Pollet and Kloba) Defining an employee of a health care facility for purposes of mandatory overtime provisions. Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.
	SHB 2072	By House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Farivar, Taylor, Ryu, Reeves, Slatter, Reed, Ormsby, Ramel, Macri, Goodman, Fosse, Riccelli and Hackney; by request of Attorney General) Concerning penalties relating to antitrust actions. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	SHB 2075	By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Lekanoff, Stearns, Reed, Ortiz-Self and Reeves) Concerning licensing of Indian health care providers as establishments. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.
	EHB 2088	By Representatives Orwall, Reed, Ormsby, Ramel, Macri, Cheney, Lekanoff, Riccelli, Wylie and Reeves; by request of Health Care Authority Extending liability protections for responders dispatched from mobile rapid response crisis teams and community-based crisis teams. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	SHB 2091	By House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations (originally sponsored by Representatives Bronoske, Griffey, Leavitt, Fitzgibbon, Chapman, Reed, Ormsby, Ramel, Callan, Rule, Timmons, Bergquist, Goodman, Rude, Fosse, Nance, Ryu, Schmidt, Stearns, Waters, Paul, Reeves and Kloba; by request of Department of Natural Resources) Establishing a fallen firefighter memorial. Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.
	SHB 2102	By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Berry, Reed, Ormsby, Nance and Pollet) Establishing requirements for the disclosure of health care information for qualifying persons to receive paid family and medical leave benefits. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.
	HB 2110	By Representatives Nance, Simmons, Callan, Lekanoff and Reeves Reorganizing statutory requirements governing high school graduation. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	2SHB 2112	By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Nance, Leavitt, Simmons, Reed, Ormsby, Callan, Rule, Orwall, Paul, Timmons, Lekanoff, Riccelli, Wylie, Reeves, Shavers, Pollet, Kloba and Davis) Concerning opioid and fentanyl prevention education and awareness at institutions of higher education. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
	HB 2135	By Representatives Stearns, Lekanoff, Reed, Ormsby, Street, Orwall, Doglio and Reeves; by request of Military Department Including federally recognized tribes as part of the Washington emergency management division emergency worker program. Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.
	HB 2137	By Representatives Berg, Orcutt, Sandlin, Doglio, Dent and Reeves Concerning technical changes to allowable exemptions for tourism promotion area assessments. Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, GAMING & TRADE.
	SHB 2156	By House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business (originally sponsored by Representatives Reeves, Doglio and Pollet; by request of Department of Commerce) Providing solar consumer protections. Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.
	EHB 2164	By Representatives Pollet, Slatter, Leavitt, Reed and Reeves Providing postsecondary education consumer protections. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
	ESHB 2191	By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Timmons, Duerr, Reed, Ramel and Reeves) Adding two voting members that are transit users to the governing body of public transportation benefit areas. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SHB 2216	By House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations (originally sponsored by Representatives Cheney, Leavitt, Walen, Santos, Couture, Graham, Reed, Rude and Davis) Reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating two-year and four-year degree requirements that are unnecessary. Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.
	SHB 2224	By House Committee on Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning (originally sponsored by Representatives Rule and Graham) Incorporating a risks, strengths, and needs assessment tool in the risk assessment process when investigating alleged child abuse and neglect referrals. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
	HB 2302	By Representatives Dent, Chapman, Davis and Timmons Extending the pesticide application safety committee. Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.
	HB 2318	By Representatives Orcutt, Wylie, Cheney and Abbarno Concerning state route number 501. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	ESHB 2321	By House Committee on Housing (originally sponsored by Representatives Bateman, Barkis, Duerr, Reed and Pollet) Modifying middle housing requirements and the definitions of transit stop. Referred to Committee on HOUSING.
	SHB 2347	By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Reeves, Harris, Chambers, Davis, Bateman, Doglio, Macri and Reed) Concerning adult family home information. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.
	ESHB 2356	By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Fey, Nance and Pollet) Concerning speed safety camera systems. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	EHB 2372	By Representatives Lekanoff, Stearns, Leavitt, Davis, Nance, Reed, Chopp, Ormsby and Pollet Transferring public property to Washington state federally recognized tribes for facilities to provide alcohol and substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and aftercare programs and services, and for behavioral health and related programs and services. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SHB 2381	By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives McEntire, Shavers and Chapman; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction) Increasing eligibility for economy and efficiency flexible school calendar waivers. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SHB 2396	By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Mosbrucker, Davis, Couture, Rule, Barkis, Jacobsen and Pollet) Concerning fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.
	HB 2415	By Representatives Cortes, Ramel and Pollet Expanding economic assistance for individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
	SHB 2428	By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Klicker, Rude and Springer) Allowing cities to voluntarily share certain sales and use tax revenue. Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LAND USE & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.